The Uncoiling Python South African Storytellers and Resistance |
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| Author:
| Scheub, Harold |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8214-1921-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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There are many collections of African oral traditions, but few as carefully organized as The Uncoiling Python. Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African oral traditions and folklore, explores the ways in which oral traditions have served to combat and subvert colonial domination in South Africa.
There are many collections of African oral traditions, but few as carefully organized as The Uncoiling Python. Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African oral traditions and folklore, explores the ways in which oral traditions have served to combat and subvert colonial domination in South Africa.